Talk:Sheeple

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ure/2000/06/28/kakutani/ - to the word having been coined by HL Mencken. It would be wonderful if this were true, but I've not found anything to back it up as yet. Anyone else? (Dougald, 2/10/05)

Bob Marley uses the term in his song, "Jah Live". It does not appear to be a disparaging term in the context of his song.

I thought the term was used to define everyone, not just Christians, who was not illuminati

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[edit] Articles for Deletion debate

This article survived an Articles for Deletion debate. The discussion can be found here. Owen× ☎ 19:07, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cleaned up a bit

  • I removed an external link to wordspy (why lik to an external article defining the term from an article defining the term?)
  • I removed the link to a blog, as we don't normally link blogs unless there is a compelling reason directly related to the article content
  • I alphasorted the "see also" links
  • I added links to "herd mentality", which specifically mentions "sheeple"
  • I removed the image and ref to Faux News], as it was POV (however strongly I might agree!)

Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] AfD? 20:49, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Does this word really exsist?

I mean, who would use it? And who would name their Wiki username after it? Weird! Glen 09:18, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I reckon! People? You mean, "Sheeple" 09:19, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I searched for this article in order to understand its meaning as used on this page --> http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/17062 so yes, it is used. Wrongfooting 09:54, 25 March 2007 (UTC) 75.181.106.90 05:05, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Here's another reference to usage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Set1KKd6HKM Saw this one on TV and as a movie trailer in theaters, went and found a copy on YouTube. 75.181.106.90 05:05, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

No, not "really". Relating to this, I wanted to ask why my word "public consciousness" borrowed from this very website wasnt allowed its own page, while this word is? Perhaps it's the "sheeple" that run this?.....--I AM JOHN SMITH (talk) 02:56, 29 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Christians.

I've heard this quite often, christians are often branded as sheeple and accused of self-knowing sheeplehood beacuse of the whole Shepard/flock analogy. I dunno if there is any sourse that could back up a sensible referance to this, I think it's relevant to note, its kind of a positive view of being sheeple on thier part. 88.107.193.193 (talk) 15:20, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't understand what you're asking. If you're asking for a source to assert that Christians are sheeple, then I doubt you'd find one that would be considered a reliable source. In any case, whether or not being sheeple is a good thing, that kind of content does not belong in an encyclopedia article as it is opinion and unverifiable.Elle (talk) 23:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)